Beautiful site, pleasant and clean rooms, nice staff always ready to help and have a chat, variety of drinks, snacks and activities always available, cheap local bus transportation to nearby Bodrum... everything was really nice. Except price, that is, but as almost always, you get what you pay for...

Club Med in Bodrum is set within a mature landscape of trees and shrubs at the top of a hill with lift access to a private beach. The guestrooms are housed within blocks of 8 and all have garden views and nice large balconies. I would imagine that very few overlook the sea due to the height of the trees. The decor of our basic room was basic, yet not unattractive. The furniture was a light faux-wood with plenty of storage, the bed comfortable and the shower fine. I was slightly dissappointed that even though recently refurbished their was absolutely no character or personality in our room. No tea or coffee making facilities, and also if you wanted anything other than water in your minibar, eventhough it is an alll-inclusive resort you had to pay. There are two restaurants the larger open at all meal times and a big thumbs-up as they managed to alter the offering and presentation for each dinner. The food was imaginative and of excellent quality, and the house wine was fine. The second 'beach' restuarant served a good lunch overlooking the sea each day, but the evening menu could be changed more frequently (we ate there on 2 consecutive Friday evenings and the set-menu was the same).
Loads of activities - really something for everyone I would imagine. We stayed 9 days and were unable to get a sailing lesson at all as they only take bookings for the same day and all slots are taken within 5 minutes of opening. We had actually booked this holiday for the sailing so were pretty disappointed. When we took the boats out without an instructor we only had to queue for a max of 15 mins.
There was the usual towels-on-sunbeds by 8am and then people not showing up until noon, but hey-ho, it happens everywhere. All-in-all better than expected but shame about the sailing tuition.

First the positives: The resort property is beautifully situated. The pool area, bars and dining room are modern, clean and in very good condition. Our room was also nice in the closest block to the beach. Food and drinks are abundant, although I would have expected the food to taste better in Turkey. Surprisingly, the food in Columbus Isle Bahamas, was testier than in Turkey. Bottled water and nespresso are available without any limitations in all the bars. There is breakfast at the beach for late risers and genuine crep in the afternoons.

Now the negatives: With the exception of the Turkish staff, the GOs are cold as ice and lazy. We did not see the camaraderie among GOs that we saw in other clubs. The reception desk is disorganized. For example, when we wanted to check out late (and pay for it) we were told that that was not allowed only to find out the same evening from the new crew that in fact it was possible and they had a predefined charge depending on the hour of check-out. The beach is nice except that the water is a little wavy and hard to swim in. I was looking forward to windsurfing and did windsurf most days. The equipment is excellent but the staff is lazy (except Roberto). 

Special thanks to the Turkish restaurant staff, especially Hayrettin, Murat and Yasin. They tried very hard to make our stay special.

Difficult to find anything to take away even half a star for this Club Med location. If you enjoy a relaxed five star ambiance then you will not be disappointed.
Just returned to our waterside cabana after lovely lunch at the spectacular cliff-top Halikonasis restaurant, just edging the wonderful Espace main terrace for spectacular views.
Top class food and bar service all you expect from Club Med.
Don't miss the 5TL minibus ride to Bodrum and a visit to the medieval castle. Twice daily snorkelling trip is free and also took a day boat excursion but though we have boats, we have clear waters, we have no fish! Swimming is great and Cub Med Bodrum rightly enjoys a great reputation for sailing and windsurfing. Novices in the mornings with full-on conditions most afternoons.
French dominated but not really a problem for communication.
Special mention to Souliman the buggy driver. Magically on hand for quick drive back to the village centre or rooms when tired legs are flagging or ladies high heels refuse the hills!
Hello as promised to the lovely reception team who work hard but don't get mentioned enough times.
Free wi-fi fromost parts of the resort.

Thumbs-up from both Mum and Dad and the usually hard to please teenagers means that we will be back.